Driving an all terrain vehicle, ATV, is one of the most dangerous things you can allow your child to do. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC, which regulates All Terrain Vehicles, studied 33 sports and activities which children engage in, including skateboarding, wrestling, football, bicycling, snowboarding. Of the 33, the activity with the highest risk of hospitalization was ATV driving. It was 61% more dangerous than the second place activity, football.
About 100 children die every year in ATV accidents in the US. Another 40,000 have injuries serious enough to be treated in emergency rooms. Continue reading ‘Don't Let Your Child Drive an ATV!’ »